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Suddenly she started, and seemed to listen Then, with a swift,

stealthy movement, she slipped from before the door, and I

noticed that she hid one hand behind her

"Charainst the wall, with her eyes towards

the door, and always her right hand was hidden in the folds of

her petticoat So we re the door, and I,

her

"Charmian!"

The voice was very near now, and, almost immediately after, there

came a loud "view hallo," and a heavy fist pounded upon the door

"Oh, Charmian, you're there--yes, yes--inside--I know you are I

swore you should never escape me, and you sha'n't--by God!" A

hand fu open, and a ht the wo flash, a loud report, and a bullet

buried itself soe,

repressed cry, she turned upon me so fiercely that I fell back

before her

The newco it very

carefully, and now, standing before it, folded his ar